B.Sc. Physiotherapy

This course has cross-curricular themes of clinical reasoning, pain management, health promotion and wellbeing; in addition, inter-professional and shared learning enables students to understand the role of the various health care professionals by sharing knowledge and resources. Assessment is used as an integral component of learning.

Year 1, provides students with a broad base of understanding in areas of musculoskeletal and cardiorespiratory clinical practice.

In Year 2, neurolgical-patient management as well as more specialised and complex patient scenarios are introduced. The role of exercise and activity in rehabilitation and promotion of health is explored.

In Year 3, the skills of critical evaluation, analysis, synthesis and evaluation are further developed and demonstrated through the engagement in a research project. In addition, graduate skills of entrepreneurship and employability are further developed.

Practice Placement

Practice education provides the student with the opportunity to learn and develop new knowledge and skills within a supervised clinical environment; students gain experience by direct patient contact, thereby developing competence in all aspects of patient management. Students are required to complete 1,000 hours of professional (placement) practice during the course. Physiotherapy placements are available across all Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland and within a range of settings (e.g. primary, intermediate and acute care sectors, community hospitals and G.P. practices).